Suit-tray.



. G. WORDINGHAM.

SUIT TRAY.

APPLlCAIION FILED JAN;I2.19I7- 1,260, 1 5. Patented Mar. 19, 1918.

2 SHEETS-SHEET I.

G-. WURDINGHAM.

SUIT TRAY.

APPLICAHON FILED JAN. 12 1917.

1 260,, 1 1. 5 Patented Mar. 19, 1918.

2 SHEET$SHEET 2- warren snares rarnnr enrich GEORGE ORDTNGHAM, 0FMILWAUKEE, W-ISGONSIN".

SUIT-TRAY.

To -all whom c't concern:

Be it known that I, 'GEORGE WoRnmeHAM, a citizen. of the United States,residingat Milwaukee. in the county of Milwaukee and and'dyers andsometimes tailors to deliv suits or other articles of wearing apparel totheir cu'stomersin dustproot bags which house in their upper endsgarment hangers upon which the articles ofjwearing apparel aredraped.The bags are usually'ot considerab'le length and much time is lost andannoyance experienced in. fitting or slipping the bags overthe articlesof wearing ap parel which have been hung and suitably draped upon thegarment hanger. Iifthe garments are bulky it is likely that the bag willbe tornin efforts to slip the samedownwardly over the suspended garmentsand it is also likely that the .;garments will become disarranged andtherefore present an unsightly apearance when they are removed from thebag by the customer. The present invention therefore'has as its objectto provide a garment tray upon which the garments to be bagged maybelaid and suitably draped and arranged and in this manner supportedagainst disarrangement while the bag in which they are to be housed isslipped. over them and over the tray aiterwhich the 'arments and bag maybe simultaneously removed from the device without, however, in. any waydisturbing the arrangement of the garment. One advantage possessed bysuch a device lies in the fact th'at the garments maybe more readily andconveniently arranged and draped upon. the hanger and another advantageis that the tray may be disposed substantially horizontal, therebyobviating the necessity of reaching above ones head in passing the bagover the draped garments.

In, the accomp'a iying drawings Figurel isra perspective view of thedevice embodying the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view therethrou'gh;

Fig. 3 isia vertical sectional view indetail through the lower portionof the device;

Fig.4 is a horizontal sectional view in detail on the line H of Fig. .3.

specification otletters Patent.

Patented Mar. 1%, 1918.

Application filed Januarym, 1917. Seria11\To. 142,120.

Fig." "5 is a transverse sectional View on thefline 5+5 of Fig. 2';

Fig,- 6 is atransverse sectional view on "the line 6-6 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 7 is a rear form of tray.

Briefly stated, the device comprises a tray wh ch is supported by an armmounted for swinging adjustment upon a base and or" theseparts the baseis indicated by the n-u meral 1 and may be of any desired size and shapeand this base is to possess sufficient weight to prevent overturning oithe tray in any of its positions of adjustment elevation of a modifiedand when, garments are placed thereon. The base 1 .is provided upon itsupper side with an integral open boss Qwithin, which is pivotallymounted by means of a-pin 3; the lower end of the supporting arm for thetray, this arm being indicated by the numeral 4 and being provided witharight angularly extending branch 5. The manner in. which the tray properis supported by the branch 5 of the arm 4 will presently be fullyexplained. In order that the arm 4 may be supported in various positionsof adjustment, there is provided an arcuate rack comprising, a curvedbody member 6 secured at one end as at 7, to a lugnpon the base 1 and atits other end being provided with {a downwardly extending portion 8which is secured as at 9 to the boss 2, the body 6 describing a quarterof a circle as clearly shown in Figs. and 3' of the drawings The pivotalconnection between the lowerend of the arm and the boss 2 is arelatively loose one so that the arm may be swung slightly laterally andin such move ment the portion 4 of the arm maybe broughtinto and out ofengagement indiagonal notches 10 formed in that lateral edge of the rack6 beside which the arm a swings. In the present instance the rack isprovided with three of the notches and for convenience in describingtheuse of the device these notches are designated in the drawingsspecifically by the reference numerals10 10 and 10, the notch 10 beinglocated near the first-mentioned end of the rack 6, the notch 10being'located near the upper end 'ofthe arcuate portion on? the rack,and the notch 1'0 being located between the notches 10 and 10. It-willnow be apparent that thearm 4: may be engaged in the notch 10' so as toassume an-approxt mately horizontal position, or it may be engaged inthe notch 10 when it will assume an inclined position, as illustrated inFig. 3 of the drawings, or, if desired, the arm may be engaged in thenotch 10 in which position the arm will be substantially upright. Inorder that the arm may be held upright, or in other words, may be heldin engagement in the notch 10, a sliding latch 11 is mounted upon theunderside of the arcuate portion of the rack at the upper end thereofand has a shank 12 fitting slidably through an opening 13 formed in theportion 8 of the said rack near its upper end. The latch is guided by apin 14 which is fitted through a slot 15 formed in the shank of thelatch and secured in the said arcuate portion of the rack. A spring 16is fitted through the said shank of the latch and bears at one endagainst the portion 8 of the rack and at its other end against ashoulder 17 upon the said shank and this spring serves to normally holdthe latch slid in a forward direction as shown in Figs. 3 and 4 of thedrawings. The latch in the notch, the latch head 18 will bear againstthe said arm and be firmly held against disengagement from the notch. Ofcourse, when the arm 4 is in engagement in either of the notches 10 or10 the weight of the arm and the tray supported thereby will provesutficient to prevent accidental disengagement of the arm from thenotch.

' The tray comprises a frame including side bars 19, a cross bar 20connecting the inner ends of the side bars, a cross bar 21 connectingthe outer ends of the side bars, and an intermediate bar 22 whichextends centrally between the bars 19 and in parallelism thereto. Thebars 20 and 21 respectively, carry brackets 23 and 24: and thesebrackets respectively, are provided with sleeve portions 25 and 26through which the ends of the bar 22 are fitted, as shown in Figs. 1, 2and 6 of the drawings, it being understood that the bar 22 is notslidable through the sleeve portions 25 and 26 but that the entire framestructure is rigid. It will be observed, particularly by reference toFig. 2, that the sleeve portions 25 and 26 are displaced with relationto the plane occupied by the side bars and end bars of the frame andthat, come-- 7 quently, the bar 22 is located forwardly of the saidplane, or, assuming that the tray is in horizontal position, is locatedbelow the said plane. The inner end of the bar 22 projects inwardlybeyond the sleeve portion '25, as indicated by the numeral 27 and isfitted in one endof an elbow 28 at the outer end of the portion 5 of thearm 4. Thus while the frame as a whole is displaced rearwardly withrelation to the arm 4, the

side, bars and fitted into the grooves 31 in the manner clearly shown inFig. 6 of the drawings, the intermediate portion of the sheet 30 beingpassed beneath or in front of the bar 22 and the sheet being stretchedtaut. In order to prevent any undue sagging of the bottom of the trayand in order to further relatively brace the side bars 19, anintermediate cross bar having relatively angularly extending portions 32is secured at its bend, as at 33, to the forward side of the bar 22 andthe ends of the said portions 32 abut against the opposing sides of theside bars 19 and are secured in place by any suitable means as, forexample, by screws 3 1 which are passed through the side bars 19 andthreaded into the said ends of the portions 32 of the cross bar,

In order that a coat hanger may be readily assembled with the tray afterthe garments have been disposed upon the hanger, the upper or outer endof the bar 22 is provided, beyond the sleeve portion 26 of the bracket24, with an outwardly and rearwardly extending finger 35 which in itsextremity is formed with a notch 36, the said notch being designed toreceive the usual garment hanger hook.

From the foregoing it will be understood that after garments have beencasually hung upon a garment hanger the garment hanger may have its bookengaged in the notch 36 of'the finger 35 with the garments resting uponthe bottom 30 of the tray. In this operation the tray may assume aninclined position, as shown in the several figures of the drawings, orit may occupy a horizontal position to suit the convenience of the userthe opening inthe'closed end of the bag.-

The hook of the garment'hanger may then be grasped and the hanger,together with the garments suspended thereon, may be removed from thetray without in any way disarranging the said garments or withoutlikelihood of tearing the bag. When the device is not in use the traymay be swung to upright position and will then occupy but little space.

If desired the bottom of the tray may be constructed as shown in Fig. 7of the drawings. In this modification the sheet constituting the saidbottom is passed in front of the intermediate bar 22 of the frame of thetray and thence about the rear sides of the side bars 19 and a lacingcord or string 37 is threaded back and forth through eyelets 38 in theedges of the said sheet, and, of course, when this cord is drawn tautthe sheet will be properly stretched.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. In a device of the class described, a tray comprising a frame, meanssupporting the frame at one end thereof, the said frame including sidemembers, a tray bottom comprising a sheet connected at its lateral edgeswith the said side members and stretched taut between the same, andmeans carried by the tray for the support of a garment hanger.

2. In a device of the class described, a tray comprising a frame, meanssupporting the frame at one end thereof, the said frame including sidemembers, a tray bottom comprising a sheet connected at its lateral edgeswith the said side members and stretched taut between the same, andmeans at the other end of the tray for the support of a garment hanger.

3. In a device of the class described, a tray comprising a frameincluding side members and an intermediate member displacedwith relationto the planeoccupied by the side members, a tray bottom comprising asheet &

stretched over the said intermediate member and connected at its lateraledges with the side members of the frame, and means at one end of theframe for supporting the same.

4. In a device of the class described, a tray comprising a frameincluding side members and an intermediate member displaced withrelation to the plane occupied by the side members, a tray bottomcomprising a sheet stretched over the said intermediate member andconnected at its lateral edges with the side members of the frame, meansat one end of the frame for supporting the same, and means at the otherend of the frame for supporting a garment hanger.

5. In a device of the class described, a base, an arcuate member mountedthereon and having a plurality of recesses, an arm loosely pivotallymounted upon the base and angnlarly movable beside the said arouatemember and designed for engagement in the recesses selectively, a suittray supported at its lower end by the said arm, and means at the upperend of the tray for the support of a garment hanger.

6. In a device of the class described, a tray having its upper surfacetransversely concave to receive garments to be bagged, means forsupporting the tray for angular adjustment, and an element extendingfrom the upper end of the tray at the concave side thereof for theattachment and support of a garment hanger.

7 In a device of the class described, a tray to receive garments to bebagged, means connected with the lower end of the tray for angularadjustment thereof, and a finger extending from the upper end of thetray in an upward direction and arranged for the connection and supportof a garment hanger. In testimony whereof I aflix my signature. GEORGEWORDINGHAM. [L.S.]

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